org.omg.cwm.objectmodel.instance
Interface Object

All Superinterfaces:
Element, Instance, ModelElement, javax.jmi.reflect.RefBaseObject, javax.jmi.reflect.RefFeatured, javax.jmi.reflect.RefObject
All Known Subinterfaces:
Member, Row

public interface Object
extends Instance

An object is an instance that originates from a class. In the metamodel, Object is a subclass of Instance originating from a Class. The Class may be modified dynamically, which means that the set of features of the Object may change during its life-time. An object is an instance that originates from a class; it is structured and behaves according to its class. All objects originating from the same class are structured in the same way, although each of them has its own set of attribute slots. Each attribute slot references an instance, usually a data value or possibly, another object. The number of attribute slots with the same name fulfills the multiplicity of the corresponding attribute in the class. The set may be modified according to the specification in the corresponding attribute, e.g. each referenced instance must originate from (a specialization of) the type of the attribute, and attribute slots may be added or removed according to the changeable property of the attribute.


Method Summary
 java.util.Collection getSlot()
           
 
Methods inherited from interface org.omg.cwm.objectmodel.instance.Instance
getClassifier, setClassifier
 
Methods inherited from interface org.omg.cwm.objectmodel.core.ModelElement
getClientDependency, getConstraint, getImporter, getName, getNamespace, getVisibility, setName, setNamespace, setVisibility
 
Methods inherited from interface javax.jmi.reflect.RefObject
refClass, refDelete, refImmediateComposite, refIsInstanceOf, refOutermostComposite
 
Methods inherited from interface javax.jmi.reflect.RefFeatured
refGetValue, refGetValue, refInvokeOperation, refInvokeOperation, refSetValue, refSetValue
 
Methods inherited from interface javax.jmi.reflect.RefBaseObject
equals, hashCode, refImmediatePackage, refMetaObject, refMofId, refOutermostPackage, refVerifyConstraints
 

Method Detail

getSlot

public java.util.Collection getSlot()
                             throws javax.jmi.reflect.JmiException


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